dogged
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After the sandwich company was purchased by Blackstone in January 2025, customer complaints about declining quality and rising prices have dogged it ever since.
From Salon ● Sep. 25, 2026
Earl Spencer depicts her as a caring, generous character who was haunted by self-doubt, dogged by eating disorders, lacking in warmth from her new royal family and then ultimately dragged down by the tabloid media.
From BBC ● Sep. 21, 2026
The site in the southern city of Taranto has been dogged by legal and political battles since 2012 over toxic emissions.
From Barron's ● Sep. 17, 2026
In a horror movie pastiche, Mendoza is dogged by middle-aged white men compelled to tell him that their wife is Asian, which does sound like something from personal experience.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 12, 2026
“But the constant lecturing on the perils of dogged bowels—not quite an equitable trade, is it?”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
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